Man who saved 669 children during the Holocaust gets a tearful surprise from them

Sir Nicholas Winton was a real hero or our days and his story will melt your heart. In 1939, he was a young stockbroker, living in England. One day, the man gave up everything to do something really incredible. And decades after that, everyone found out about his powerful story.

He successfully saved 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. This brave person risked his life to organize their transfer to Britain. But nobody knew about this fact. Sir Nicholas Winton like a real hero kept it secret. Many years later, his wife found a notebook, which contained the names of the rescued children.

Elizabeth Maxwell, a Holocaust researcher, helped to work with this document. She decided to send letters to the then-children from this list. They received more than 200 responses. But it was not the end of this incredible story.

Sir Nicholas Winton was invited to the TV program, entitled “That’s Life” on BBC. His notebook was demonstrated during the show; then the host asked whether anybody in the hall owed their life to Sir Nicholas Winton. More than two dozen people stood up and applauded the man. The video of this amazing moment was published on YouTube a few years after the event actually happened. Watch it below.

Some of the children, he said, went on to become notable people. Some of them are: